Greatness, Grace, and Glory

This volume represents a new and necessary genre in the field of biblical studies. Greatness, Grace, and Glory is perhaps best described as a volume on applied or practical biblical historical geography. That is, it offers a readable and engaging presentation of biblical historical geography through the familiar grid of story. A growing mass of archaeological, historical and geographical data is available for the interested Bible reader, but the data are vast and (often) disparate and (usually) presented in such a way that is either beyond the grasp of the general reader. This volume provides an integrated historical-geographical context of the biblical story. The entry point for introducing readers to the interface of text and land (i.e., Bible and the Holy Land) is a look at some of the great people of the Bible. This atlas tells the stories of 23 individuals or groups of individuals (44 people in all) who appear on the pages of Scripture. The atlas presents the story of each character, focusing on the importance for place and cultural context in understanding the story. Numerous maps and pictures, with explanatory captions, are included for every chapter to let the reader visualize the grounded reality behind each person's story.